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22 great books to read before Hollywood turns them into TV shows and movies

22 great books to read before Hollywood turns them into TV shows and movies

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Books are the fuel that make the Hollywood engine run. According to one estimate, 20% of the top 1,000 films in the past decade were based on novels, and countless more movies and TV shows are derived from short stories, nonfiction books, graphic novels, and other texts. Without books, we’d have nothing to put on our screens.

To that end, we’ve identified just a fraction of the major upcoming movies and TV shows based on books. The debate over whether to read a series or film’s source material before or after it’s released may continue forever, but we’ve tried to pick out a solid few that are definitely worth your time.

(If it’s available, we’ve provided the date that the film or TV series will hit, otherwise assume that all projects are in development and will hopefully come out in the next few years.)

Epic sci-fi and fantasy

Paramount Pictures

Prepare yourselves.

Y: The Last Man

Plot: A beloved comic series (also available as a graphic novel) by Brian K. Vaughan about the all-woman global society that’s created when every male creature on Earth (except one) is wiped out by a plague.

Adaptation:Blade Runner 2049 and American Gods writer Michael Green is developing a TV series based on the comics for FX; Vaughn recently told the Hollywood Reporter that it will explore toxic masculinity.

Watchmen

Plot: A deconstructionist satire on the myth of the superhero, Alan Moore’s Watchmen (another graphic novel) imagines an alternate history of the United States in which superheroes are very real and involved in world affairs.

Adaptation:Lost and The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof is developing a TV series for HBO.

Dune

Plot: The sweeping, futuristic tale by Frank Herbert of noble houses clashing over control of a faraway desert planet, Dune is said to be one of the inspirations for Star Wars.

Adaptation:Arrival director Denis Villeneuve is working on a film adaptation as his next project following Blade Runner 2049.

Annihilation(Feb. 23, 2018)

Plot: Four woman scientists trek into a bizarre, uninhabited area in the coastal United States that’s been reclaimed by nature. (The book by Jeff VanderMeer is seriously amazing.)

Adaptation: Natalie Portman is starring in a film adaptation by Ex Machina director Alex Garland.

A Wrinkle in Time(March 9, 2018)

Plot: A young girl adventures through time and space to find her missing father in this famed sci-fi story by Madeleine L’Engle.

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